Talk:Mining engineering

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Hey, I started an article in February called Mining Engineering. I recently realised I named it against convention, so I decided to move the whole article here. However, when I found this article, I decided to incorporate as much the other article into this one as possible, and change all the links to point here. CrazyCanuck

I've merged the page histories now so Mining Engineering is just a redirect. Angela. 23:43, Mar 24, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Subjects to be added

Mining engineering has two main field of study:

• Mine exploration
• Mine extraction

Mine engineers will concentrate on mining activities which are most contributed before production. Mainly:

1- Data acquisition and analysis of ore recognition, exploration and locating, using knowledges like 1.1- Geology 1.2- Geophysics 1.3- Geochemistry 1.4- Tektoniks 1.5- Paleontology

2- Mining design, in the view of how to extract and process the ore, design on underground structures and heavy structures like 2.1- Dams 2.2- Tunnels 2.3- Open pits —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bobax (talk • contribs) 11:22, 25 April 2007 (UTC).

Quick comment:

The page needs extensive expansion. A description of explosive agents is a start in a mining process. However there is more information to be put in.

Right now, the mining industry is booming, and there is a severe shortage of engineers with a mining engineering degree. Overall, there is a shortage of engineers in all disciplines. Mining engineering also lacks in the academic arena, as only a handful of university offer it as a degree and study. This page with more information will aid any experienced mining engineer along with providing prospective students and engineering students a resource. Deekayfry (talk) 14:12, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Added brief history of mining and the general mineral economy. Deekayfry (talk) 22:23, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Took a look at the over all flow of the article. I removed the "other engineering closely associated" sub-section because I will include it at the end of the article. Because Mining Engineering is so highly specialized there are few US domestic universities offering this specialized degree. Since there is a shortage of specialized degreed mining engineers, other engineering disciplines have "filled the gap."

Generally, engineers of all disciplines may find themselves working in other disciplines simply due to professional shortages or out of personal interest to target a specific discipline. 66.82.9.53 (talk) 19:39, 28 May 2008 (UTC)